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J. A. TRAUT 8a C. E. RIECKBR.

. BAG HOLDING APPARATUS.

Patented Mar. 24, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT rricn. l

JUSIUS A. TRAUT AND CHARLES E. RIECKER, OF NEIV BRITAIN, CONNECT- ICUT;SAID RIECKER ASSIGNOR TO SAID TRAUT.

BAG-HOLDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,791, dated March24, 1891.

Application tiled September 29, 1890. Serial No. 366,526. (No model.)

To ctZZ w'w'm, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JUSTUS A. TRAUT and CHARLES E. RIECKER, citizens ofthe United States, both residing at New Britain, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-HoldingApparatus, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to bag-holding apro paratus or carriers for useby grocers and others who require an assortment of paper bags to besupported in convenient position for instant use.

In the drawings aceompanyin g and forming i 5 a part of thisspecification, Figure l is a side view, on a reduced scale, ofasuspended bagholding apparatus embodying my present improvements. Fig.2 is a relatively enlarged view, similar to Fig. l, of the carrier zoframe with bag-holders thereon, and illustrates the mode of using theapparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the carrier-frame in its preferredform shown in the drawings and having certain details thereon.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

The apparatus shown in the drawings is intended more especially for usein retail stores where an assortment of paper bags of vari- 3o ous sizesis required to be arranged ready for instant use at different pointsalong the counters within easy reach of the salesman, but so arranged asto be practically out of the Way and to occupy no space required for 3 5handling goods. Accordingly, the apparatus in practice is suspended fromthe ceiling by a cord or chain 2, to which a series of diagonal cords orchains, as 3, 4, 5, and 6, are connected for supporting thecarrier-frame B,

o said diagonal chains (or cords) being oonnected, as by rings 7 orotherwise, to some convenient part of said frame, as, for instance, thebars 8. Y

It will be understood that chains are usually employed, as shown, forthe reason that suitable chains are to be had in market at a low costand without the necessity of having- At several points along' theperiphery of the frame bagholder-retaining hooks are provided, therebeing in the frame shown in the drawings four pairs of said hooks',desig- 55 nated as c d, b b, c c, and d d, respectively. Saidretaininghooks are formed,

as will be observed, at the outer ends of the several cross-bars a c dof the frame B and proj eetupwardly therefrom a distance greater 6o thanthe depth of said bars as shown,for instance, in Figs. l and 2-for thepurpose of more securely retaining in place the several bag-holders.

The bag-holder consists of a device usually and preferably made of wireand of a loop shape adapted to engage and be carried by the aforesaidhook-provided arms. In a general way said holder is of the nature of thewell-known safety-pin, one side being 7o adapted for insertion throughthe material of the bags near the edges thereof.

The improved bag-holder shown in the drawings comprises a bar lO, bentat the ends to form spring-loops, as l2 and il, the in- 75 wardly-bentends 13 and l5 constituting pointed needles adapted to puncture thebags.

On the middle of the bar lO a guard or clasp 16 is firmly fixed theretoand forms a pocket forinclosing the pointed ends 1S and 2O ot' 8o saidbag-holder.

In using this apparatus one of the bagholders is first removed from theframe or carrier B and one of the needles--as, for instance, the needlelS--is unhooked from the guard 16, as shown in Fig. 2. A suitable numberof paper bags is then put on said needle by forcing the needle throughthem in a well-known manner, when the needle is again replaced in theguard. This position 9o is shown at the right hand, Fig. 2, where theneedle l5 has thereon a series of bags, indicated by the lines 25, whichare supposed to represent the bags as seen in edge view. At the extremeright hand, Fig. 2, one of the holders 10a is shown in end view, the bag25au on said holder being shown in side view. At the extremeleft hand,Fig. 2, one of the holders l()b is shown hooked over the hooks b b", aswhen being put in place.

It is customary, as indicated at 30 32, Fig. l, to place two sizes ofbags on the same bag- IOC holder, so that with an apparatus having fourholders, as herein shown, eight sizes of bags may be properly supportedand arranged ready for use. Theapparatus,being supported by cords o1'chains, as hereinbeforc described, is free to be revolved, so that thesalesman may readily select any of the bags required. Having ascertainedwhich size is wanted, the salesman, seizing the bag, forciblypulls thesame, thus tearing it from the needle, the short tear in the edge of thebag being in practice not considered objectionable. The frame B beingupheld by the several diagonal suspension cords or ties, the strain ofseparating a bag from the apparatus comes substantially in line withsome oneor two of those ties, so that the apparatus asa Whole is notmaterially dislocated or swung out of place.

Having thus described our invention7 we claim- 1. In bag-holdingapparatus, the combination,with the frame consisting of bars having atthe ends thereof upwardly-projecting hooks, of the bag-holder lO,consisting' of a wire bent to engage a pair of said hook-provided barsand having puncturing-needles and means for locking closed the needles.

2. In bag-holding apparatus, the combination, with the frame consistingof bars having at the ends thereof hooks, substantially as described, ofthe bag-holder consisting of a Wire bent to engage a pair of saidhookprovided bars and having pncturing-needles and a guard for lockingclosed the needles and guarding the points thereof.

In bag-holding apparatus, the combination, with means, substantially asdescribed, for supporting the bagholder, of a bagholder consisting of abar 10, continued and bent to form the spring-loops 12 and ll and havingthe oppositely-disposed puncturingneedles 13 and 15, and a guard,substantially as described, ixed on said bar and arranged for holdingclosed said needles and guarding the points thereof.

JUSTUS A. TRAL" CHARLES E. RIECKER. Witnesses:

HENRY L. RECKARD, 1I. MALLNER.

